How can I check the legitamacy of an ebay bidder?
12-11-2006, 12:00 PM
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Rikaline 
They're going for a motza at the moment though. Must be cause of Christmas.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...62251&rd=1&rd=1
They're going for a motza at the moment though. Must be cause of Christmas.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...62251&rd=1&rd=1
12-11-2006, 12:38 PM
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Bidders identities are hidden after a certain auction price is reached. It's not specified by ebay but seems to be around $250.
Seeing peoples actual usernames isn't going to help you that much. The important thing, is how long they've been registered and how much feeback they have. This you can still see, and if you are bidding against someone with no feedback who's very recently registered then you could very well be bidding against a dummy bidder created by the seller. Also if the seller is newly registered and has no feedback they may be dodgy and inclined to dummy bid.
It's very common for bidding to jump in the last few minutes. When I want an item I decide exactly how much I am willing to pay and I bid this figure in the last 5 seconds. That way I can only be outbid by ebay proxy bidding for someone who was willing to pay more than me.
If you bid early it just gives other people the chance and incentive to needlessly drive the auction price up.
Seeing peoples actual usernames isn't going to help you that much. The important thing, is how long they've been registered and how much feeback they have. This you can still see, and if you are bidding against someone with no feedback who's very recently registered then you could very well be bidding against a dummy bidder created by the seller. Also if the seller is newly registered and has no feedback they may be dodgy and inclined to dummy bid.
It's very common for bidding to jump in the last few minutes. When I want an item I decide exactly how much I am willing to pay and I bid this figure in the last 5 seconds. That way I can only be outbid by ebay proxy bidding for someone who was willing to pay more than me.
If you bid early it just gives other people the chance and incentive to needlessly drive the auction price up.
12-11-2006, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by AusS2000,Dec 11 2006, 10:39 PM
I got a Super III BT GPS for $68 landed.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/New-BT-74R-Bluetoot...1QQcmdZViewItem
I'd never even heard of these till now and they all seem like substitutes with the exception being the number of channels.
12-11-2006, 07:02 PM
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1. What do these bluetooth GPS things do?
2. Bidding on any eBay item pre-auction-close is absolutely pointless. I cannot understand why anyone does it. I only ever bid at close (in fact I just did so on a painting with 2 seconds to go- hurrah!).
2. Bidding on any eBay item pre-auction-close is absolutely pointless. I cannot understand why anyone does it. I only ever bid at close (in fact I just did so on a painting with 2 seconds to go- hurrah!).
12-11-2006, 07:18 PM
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These guys will elaborate but in essence it's the hardware side of turning your PDA into a GPS navigator. You still need the software and maps to complete the picture.
12-11-2006, 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Austblue,Dec 12 2006, 02:18 PM
These guys will elaborate but in essence it's the hardware side of turning your PDA into a GPS navigator. You still need the software and maps to complete the picture.
